Project Detail

The Following People DO NOT Smoke Weed

Name: The Following People DO NOT Smoke Weed
Director: Julia Mervis
Genre: Comedy, Crime / Mystery
Released: 2026
Duration: 12:13

A teacher is confronted by pupils in her office.

Synopsis

A filmmaker investigates who tried f*cking up her friends' lives a decade ago.

It's 2015 in the quiet suburbs of London, and some anonymous loser attempts to frame a group of teens for smoking weed at school. Luckily, one of the group has now become a promising emerging documentary director ( me :D ), and will stop at nothing to find answers in this short comedy-drama-tragedy documentary, The Following People DO NOT Smoke Weed.

Executive produced by Julie Cohen (RBG), Tim Wardle (3 Identical Strangers) and Susan Simnett (Brides), this is a coming-of-age fable that brings to life the skewed priorities, conspiracies and dubious confrontations with power that define our youth...

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12:13
Director: Julia Mervis
Producer: Rosie Robinson
Co-Producer: Julia Mervis
Executive Producer: Tim Wardle, Susan Simnett, Julie Cohen
Editor: Julia Mervis
Director of Photography: Nelisa Alcalde
Composer: Katie Ellwood, Carrie Penn

Genre

Comedy Crime / Mystery

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Accidental Donkey Productions

Rosie Robinson

accidentaldonkeyproductions@gmail.com

Over the Fence Films

Susan Simnett

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